Terrible Twos AAAAAGGGHHHHH!

**Carrie** · 14-10-2009, 12:36pm

So, the latest is:

she refuses to have clothes put on her
she refuses to get in the car
she refuses to get in the pram
she refuses to go to sleep (but does in the end)
and she refuses to go upstairs in our house

I've been away for the last 2 weekends and it seems to have all happened since.

I know I just have to ignore it all and get on with all the above things. Just very hard and if you're not in the mood for it, they win. She made herself sick in the car this morning

**monkey77** · 14-10-2009, 12:48pm

Aww - sending you hugs Carrie. It's not easy dealing with them when they're like this and I'm afraid it get's worse when they hit 3 IMO!!!

Take a deep breath, count to ten and if that fails......have a glass of wine!!!

xx

**Rosa** · 14-10-2009, 01:05pm

Monkey I was trying not to say that but I agree

I think you get more used to dealing with it and they are more receptive to bribery as they get older.

I feel your pain, I remember when my angel turned in to a monster

Red xx

**Minky** · 14-10-2009, 02:20pm

I feel your pain.

I'm not getting that but I AM getting attitude

**Carrie** · 14-10-2009, 03:01pm

so they get worse as they get older. JOY! AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!

So when do they grow out of it or is it this all the way through to puberty?

**Aurora** · 14-10-2009, 03:06pm

I actually found that my 2 got easier towards age 2. Once they could talk more and communicate they got less frustrated.

Good luck darling

**WoollyNewty** · 14-10-2009, 07:38pm

My 1st had his 'terrible twos' at 16 months - that was when he went a bit

and used to headbang and stuff. After that it just got better and better and although he had a little wobble at around 3 (although that might have been due to gaining a brother and losing his mother to the hospital for several weeks

) he's been fine.

No. 2 on the other hand sailed through 16 months etc etc and has now hit 2 and don't we all know it.....

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So hopefully for you things will even out it won't last too long. Whereas for me - it's all downhill...

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**Fawkes** · 14-10-2009, 07:42pm

Originally Posted by Minky

I feel your pain.

I'm not getting that but I AM getting attitude

I'm getting rolling eyes and sulking with eyes cast down like Princess Diana.

I'm also having 'Wait' 'My x,y,z' 'Mine' 'Nooooooooo' screamed at high pitch and worst of all 'Ha ha' and and laughing

I feel your pain.

**Shoppie** · 14-10-2009, 07:48pm

There all different and you just don't know what you are going to get! T is now 3y4m and we seem to have 'phases' he'll be absolutely awful for a while, I tighten right up and then he improves again. Tiredness is a big trigger here so I try very hard not to do knackering things several days on the trot.

I do also agree with Aurora that there is a marked improvement when they can express themselves, I genuinely think she is at a tricky age atm, though I know people will say that for any age